Learn how to start blacksmithing with simple, beginner-friendly projects. A practical introduction to tools, techniques, and ...

Rebar is commonly used to reinforce concrete structures, but it can also be repurposed for metalworking projects. In this forging experiment, a section of rebar is heated and reshaped into a ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

RAYMOND — Since he got into blacksmithing a little more than a quarter of a century ago, there hasn’t been a day that Kelly Wetzel says he hasn’t looked forward to going into work. And when he was ...

Professional blacksmith Fire debuts with a comprehensive guide to shaping metal into a wide range of objects, from spoons and bottle openers to door knockers and wall hooks. Noting that blacksmithing ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...

LA GRANDE — In the early history of every progressive community, there was a blacksmith, whose skills were in such high demand that it ranked right up there with lumber milling, flour milling and ...

Richard Anderson has been a blacksmith and bladesmith for 30 years and makes custom blades for clients. Anderson teaches manufacturing and blacksmithing at Washburn Institute of Technology. Anderson ...